The tedious NFL sports betting relationship is one with a checkered history. Placing bets on a football game in America was only something that happened between friends, at a local bar, or maybe in an office pool. Then the US Supreme Court cleared the way for states to legalize sports gambling in 2018 and everything changed. Since that time, several states have regulated and made a healthy profit from the activity. NFL sports betting partnerships have blossomed as the League relaxed years of strict anti-gambling policies. So where are we now? And which teams are leasing the way into the…

The war for US sports betting domination has begun, and with over $150 billion in annual revenue up for grabs the stakes are high. This week the first shots were fired in what is sure to be a long and hard fought battle.   Hello my friends! Thanks so much for streaming another edition of This Week in Gambling, where the battle for sports betting supremacy in America has begun… and that is this week’s big story! Betting on sports is now legal in 22 states and the District of Columbia. Plus, another seven states are currently considering regulating the…

Sports betting news is making the rounds this week, as Maine is on-again, off-again when it comes to wagering on sporting events. Plus, Washington, D.C.can’t seem to get regulation working… and it’s costing them money. And sports betting news suddenly appears in Washington state! Hello friends and welcome to This Week in Gambling! I have returned from my conference in the United Kingdom just in time to bring you this week’s big story: Several months ago we reported the big sports betting news from Maine, where legislation had passed both the State House and Senate and advanced all the way…

The era of professional leagues fighting the expansion of gambling seems to be over. Now, those same leagues who had so adamantly opposed betting on their games appear ready to cash in through sports betting deals. Instead of throwing up roadblocks to sports gambling, the leagues are now making deals to work with betting operators. Additionally, professional teams from those leagues are signing casino deals to work with gambling companies on their own! This week’s special offer is for Wicked Bet casino.

Sports betting kiosks in Nevada will disappear on Sunday as William Hill pulls them out of about half the 84 bars, taverns and restaurants in which they operate statewide. Gone will be the opportunity for patrons to open an account, fund it or withdraw money, as well as place bets all without visiting a traditional casino-based sports book. But what remains is the ability for customers to fund their mobile sports betting accounts and get updated lines on games, according to a William Hill executive. “We are repositioning them from kiosks to mobile sports betting deposit hot spots,” said Dan…

From iGaming Business The European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) has hit out at the “sluggish” process of allocating licences for sports betting operators in Germany and called for tougher regulatory controls to be introduced to ensure the terms of the Interstate Treaty of Gambling are enforced. The latest version of the treaty, designed to allow private providers to accept sports wagers as part of a partial liberalisation of the German gambling industry, came into force on July 1, 2012 after the government came under pressure from the European Court of Justice to alter its approach. Under the terms of…